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The Official WORDS e-Free Poetry Competition

ForEverAfter

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There's a lot of really talented poets that linger around this little sub-forum of ours. Originally I was going to set up a short story competition, but - since the poetry contributions massively outweigh the prose - it makes more sense to create a poetry comp. I know people are busy with non-bluelight activities, so I'm going to make it a quarterly competition. I figure, that way, everyone will have enough time to get their submissions in on time. Here are the rules:

1. A maximum of 3 entries per person.
2. A minimum of 10 lines per poem.
3. You cannot use the letter 'e'.
4. Closing date for submissions is July 31st.

That's it!


The winners will be judged, anonymously, via poll. Everybody is allowed to vote once, only. And, please resist the temptation to vote for yourself.

The first prize winner will be granted the custom title of "Bluelight Poet Laureate" for 3 months.

And, the second prize will receive a nude photo of the moderator of their choosing. :) Not really. There is no second prize.

If you'd like to contribute a poem in a different language: the alphabet of said language must include the letter 'e'; and you must include an English translation of the poem. (Note: the translation may include the letter 'e'; it is only the original poem that cannot.)

Send submissions, via PM, to me (ForEverAfter) and my fellow Words mod (New ). Do not post them in this thread.

Bribes, in the form of sexual favors, will be considered on a case-to-case basis.

:D
 
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E'erybody ever eats elephant ethics. (; Lol.

Keen prize, by the way.

Also, maybe this could be anonymous, or number assigned stories. Just a suggestion, feel fee to ignore it lol.
 
Good idea. I have added it to the guidelines.

If anybody has any other suggestions - whatsoever - please feel free to either post them here, or contact me via PM.

For the sake of anonymity, and judging work on it's own merit, please do not post submissions in this thread; any posts including submissions will be removed.
 
agreed.

really looking forward to reading the contributions to this competition.

words as a subforum has many truly amazing and passionate writers of different genres.

...kytnism...:|
 
any contributions so far??

I won't say no, as that's just wrong
What's antonymous with no
I could sing in a song
Our contributions so far
Would not fill a room
But my mailbox is ajar
With words from da moon
Still many a month
From now till July
So ink up your nib
And go dot your 'i's

:)
 
A vast majority of contributors
will probably shoot for a hot shit publication
fuck that I say
I'm not playing a sport that
I find that nobody can win
as all of us apply
our own unusual units
of quantification
to what will bring about id
gratification

(the vast majority of posters
will probably write an epic poem
fuck that I reply
I'm not playing your game
are there ever really winners
we all have our own unique
measure of rhyme
can't put a pricetag on
pleasure)
 
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your post could qualify
it might actually win
so don't discount
contributing
though
I must disqualify
your initial bid
for including
an ART prior to id
and posting your stanzas
you drug-taking kid!
 
<3 it wasn't intended as a contribution to the contest, just my own thoughts on contests and life in general most of the time. Maybe I'll actually PM you a real poem as the deadline draws near. and hahaha hey wait...is the ART prior to id a reference to the possible fact you can see our edits and I had "the" sitting there until I did a search through for the letter "e"? Or just to me throwing this in here and not PMing.
 
Mods can't see edits. I started writing the post before you edited, then I got distracted halfway through. But, yeah, ART is the editorial abbreviation for linguistic articles (a, an, the... etcetera); since I couldn't write 'the' or 'article', I had to refer to it as ART.

Please do contribute a poem, or three, closer to the deadline. There's nothing wrong with a bit of friendly competition. It doesn't have to be about winners and losers. I like playing pool with people, but I don't get upset when people pot the 8 ball. It's just a bit of fun. Also, I find it interesting trying to write a poem without the letter 'e' - which I wouldn't have ever attempted if I hadn't come up with this competition - though, sadly, I don't think I should be allowed to actually contribute anything.
 
Aren't the submissions going to be anonymous or something? as long as your poem isn't

I AM 4FRAFTR
VOOT 4 MOI OR BAN
BLULIGHT POéT LAWRYUT
IS WHAT IM GONNA Bé

I'd think it'd be fine.

I call dibs on making that^ poem though.

edit: and I've potted way more than enough 8balls to possibly get mad at anyone else doing the same! lol
 
You can send them to both of us, if you like, or just one of us. It's quite easy to send single messages to multiple recipients using the PM function. When you start to type in the first name (ForE...), the auto-complete will give you a list of users whose names start with (ForE). Click on mine. A semi-colon will appear after my name followed by a space. Start typing in (Ne...) then select New from the list. And Bob's your creepy uncle. It takes like 30 seconds. If you don't want to use auto-complete: just type my name, followed by a semi colon and a space, then type New's name. Or, alternatively, just send it to me and I'll send a copy to New. You can reach me via PM or homing pigeon. Just so you know, if you send a pigeon I will eat it. So don't send Speckled Jim, or another beloved poultry.

My head is a cocoon filled with dead insects.
 
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